Townsend fired again from fantasy epic!!!!

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Townsend fired again from fantasy epic!!!!

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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43582

Stuart Townsend - the actor who was first cast as Aragorn in the LOTR films only to be fired quickly and replaced with Viggo Mortensen, has reportedly been fired from another major role in another heroic fantasy film - THOR.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.... John Rogers
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Now if he is quickly replaced by Viggo Mortensen, I might actually watch that movie. :P Nothing against Townsend, whom I don't know from orc #2567.
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Viggo certainly fits Thor better, however he'd have to buff up a bit bigger. Stuart can't get no love.
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He wasn't cast as Thor—another character (I don't know what sort of character; I never read Thor).
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Post by vison »

I do hope you guyz are all pronouncing that Thor name properly. :rage:

Oho, I just KNEW it. :rage:
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Not everyone has had the privilege you and I have had, of knowing people with names like Torvald Torgrimsson. :D
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Primula Baggins wrote:Not everyone has had the privilege you and I have had, of knowing people with names like Torvald Torgrimsson. :D
How therribly thrue. :D
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Poor guy. *shakes head*
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it's the curse of the league of extraordinary gentlemen
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